No. 19-6054

John Hemby v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review constitutional-vagueness criminal-sentencing johnson-ruling mandatory-sentencing new-right retroactivity sentencing-guidelines vagueness vagueness-doctrine welch-precedent
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether this Court's rulings in Johnson and Welch , retroactively invalidating the residual clause of the ACCA because it was unconstitutionally vague, apply to an identically worded provision in a different mandatory sentencing scheme, that is, the residual clause of the career-offender provision of the former mandatory Sentencing Guidelines or does this application require recognition of a "new right"?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether this Court's rulings in Johnson and Welch apply to the residual clause of the career-offender provision of the former mandatory Sentencing Guidelines

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-09
Reply of petitioner John Hemby filed. (Distributed)
2019-11-25
Memorandum of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
2019-10-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 25, 2019.
2019-10-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 25, 2019 to November 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-09-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 25, 2019)

Attorneys

John Hemby
Frederick William UlrichFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent